Alex Steed, Super-Millennial

Sep 5, 2008

I haven’t mentioned yet on this fair blog, but my friend Alex Steed, scribe of Make Something Happen, fellow New Englander, and all-around super guy is setting out next month for a whirlwhind tour of these fair States to find out just what makes twentysomething activists tick. (We at Change.org are giving him a hand with a few aspects).

<blockquote><p>But what sets Steed and other millennial activists apart isn’tso much age – it’s how they participate in activism. Steedsays that millennial activists are defined by a sense of “digitalfluency” and leverage most of their social and political powerusing the Internet.</p><p>“The same way that for many people activism means a particularset of things, like picket signs or making phone calls at a phone bank,to the millennial, I think one of the top three techniques will alwaysinclude the connectivity provided by the Internet,” Steed said.</p><p>Indeed, Steed himself is a self-proclaimed millennial activist,relying on the Internet for much of his social organizing. Buthe’s fascinated by the way people only a few years younger thanhe is are harnessing the Internet to create change in increasinglycreative and effective ways.</p></blockquote>